Electric Revelation
Instant
As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard a card.
Draw two cards.
Flashback 
(You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost and any additional costs. Then exile it.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander
- Price
- $0.30
- EDHREC rank
- #5330
Electric Revelation draws two cards and puts a land into your graveyard — all for three mana at instant speed — and that land-to-graveyard rider is doing real work in the right shell. Outside of dedicated discard or graveyard strategies, it's a slightly worse Divination; inside them, specifically Yuma, Proud Protector, it's a draw spell that also fuels your engine.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Yuma, Proud Protector
Yuma, Proud Protector triggers off lands entering the graveyard, so Electric Revelation doesn't just refuel your hand — it also advances your board by setting up the next Yuma token. That dual function is exactly why over a quarter of Yuma decks run it.
The Beamtown Bullies
The Beamtown Bullies wants spells that do something relevant beyond their face value, and Electric Revelation's discard-a-land clause gives the deck a minor self-mill angle while keeping cards flowing. It's not the core engine, but the instant speed and incidental graveyard interaction earn the slot.
Eris, Roar of the Storm
Eris, Roar of the Storm cares about noncreature spells cast and cards drawn, so Electric Revelation pulls double duty — it triggers Eris twice on the draw while the land hitting the graveyard opens up any supplementary graveyard synergies the deck runs.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Electric Revelation is a role-player, not a staple — you run it when your deck specifically rewards lands in the graveyard or has a discard-matters subtheme, and you cut it the moment you'd rather have Arcane Signet or a more efficient draw spell. In Pauper, the instant-speed two-card draw at common is more meaningful since the card pool is tighter and the graveyard land clause occasionally triggers threshold or delve payoffs. In Modern and Pioneer it's too slow and too low-impact to see serious play — Faithless Looting and Chart a Course exist. Legacy and Vintage barely register it. Electric Revelation finds its ceiling in Commander graveyard decks and Pauper; everywhere else it's background noise.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.30 bulk tier
At $0.30, Electric Revelation is deep bulk — grab a copy without thinking twice if the deck calls for it. Bulk commons rarely move on price, so there's no reason to rush or hoard; it'll be a quarter in any binder for the foreseeable future.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.